MASSIVE Magazine to Collaborate With Sony Online Entertainment
To Distribute Exclusive Gaming DVD
DVD To Include SOE MMO Games, Movie Trailers and Bonus Features for Gamers
Fort Lauderdale, Fla.— July 18, 2006—MASSIVE Magazine, published by the theglobe.com and the editorial staff of Computer Games Magazine, today announced a collaboration with Sony Online Entertainment LLC (SOE), a global leader in the online games industry, to release an exclusive gaming DVD which will be included in the premier issue of MASSIVE Magazine, set to launch in September 2006.
The DVD will include free trials of some of the most popular Sony Online Entertainment massively multiplayer online (MMO) games and services. Trials will include EverQuest II, EverQuest, Star Wars Galaxies, SOE Comic Book Creator, The Matrix Online, PlanetSide and more.
In addition to trial MMO games, the co-branded DVD will also include special offers, trailers and videos, including access to the Beta test of Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising™, Medieval Weapon (the EverQuest II-powered Machinima series produced by g-NET for Spike TV) and a trailer for the upcoming Sony Pictures Animation release Open Season.
The new publication along with the exclusive DVD will be available at all major retailers, including Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million. For more information about MASSIVE Magazine, please visit http://www.massive-magazine.com .
About Sony Online Entertainment
Sony Online Entertainment LLC (SOE) is a recognized worldwide leader in massively multiplayer online games, with hundreds of thousands of subscribers around the globe. SOE creates, develops and provides compelling entertainment for the personal computer, online, game console and wireless markets. Known for its blockbuster franchises and hit titles including EverQuest®, EverQuest® II, Champions of Norrath®, Untold Legends™, and PlanetSide®, as well as for developing Star Wars Galaxies™, SOE continues to redefine the business of online gaming and the creation of active player communities while introducing new genres on various entertainment platforms. Headquartered in
SOE, the SOE logo, EverQuest and PlanetSide are registered trademarks of Sony Online Entertainment LLC. Untold Legends is a trademark of Sony Online Entertainment LLC. Star Wars Galaxies is a registered trademark of Lucasfilm Entertainment Company Ltd. THE MATRIX ONLINE, characters, names and all related indicia are trademarks of and © Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. All other trademarks and trade names are properties of their respective owners.Entertainment Inc. Gods & Heroes:
About Strategy Plus (Computer Games Magazine)
Strategy Plus is a wholly-owned subsidiary of theglobe.com (OTCBB: TGLO-News), a publicly traded internet communications company.
Strategy Plus publishes Computer Games Magazine, a consumer print publication for online games. Strategy Plus also operated Computer Games Online (http://www.cgonline.com), the online counterpart to Computer Games Magazine. Computer Games Online is a source of free computer games news and information for the sophisticated gamer.